Tod & Macgregor Shiplist

 

Yard No.:

 22 (estimated)

Name:

 PACHA OF EGYPT

Year:

 1841

Description:

 Paddle Steamer

Webpage:

 Webpage

Picture:

 P & O

Tonnage:

 1000

Length:

 160

Width:

 

H.P.:

 150

Type:

 Iron. Direct acting engine, 6psi.²

Customer:

 P. & O.

Fate:

 Collided with another P. & O. ship in the Straits of Malacca and sank.

Points of Note:

 The largest iron steamer yet built on the Clyde by 1842. After re-boilering became a record breaker

Date of Launch:

 

Notes:

          Named as a complement to the ruler of Egypt.

[The Story of P. & O., D. & S. Howarth]

² [One Hundred Year History of the P. & O., Boyd Cable]